History of butter
In the old days, Icelandic butter was made in a plunger churn. Butter was produced using milk both from cows and from ewes. The milk was placed in a trog (a wooden tray with high sloping sides) and left to stand, after which the skimmed milk was...
Iceland covers an area of roughly 100.000 km2 and since the population has always remained small the vast part of the island is uninhabited. The interior mainly consists of a plateau characterised by wasteland, mountains and glaciers, while many big glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. In modern times the use of geothermal energy keeps pollution at very low levels and the abundance of pure drinking water is of enormous importance for both people and livestock.